Visual Hallucinations (Charles Bonnet Syndrome) Associated with Neurosarcoidosis

The Charles Bonnet syndrome (CBS) refers to lucid and complex visual hallucinations in cognitively normal patients with acquired vision loss. It can be associated with any type of vision loss including that related to macular degeneration, corneal disease, diabetic retinopathy, and occipital infarct...

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Autores principales: Zhang, Jason, Waisbren, Emily, Hashemi, Nafiseh, Lee, Andrew G.
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3841962/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24339694
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-9233.119997
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author Zhang, Jason
Waisbren, Emily
Hashemi, Nafiseh
Lee, Andrew G.
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Hashemi, Nafiseh
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description The Charles Bonnet syndrome (CBS) refers to lucid and complex visual hallucinations in cognitively normal patients with acquired vision loss. It can be associated with any type of vision loss including that related to macular degeneration, corneal disease, diabetic retinopathy, and occipital infarct. Neurosarcoidosis, a multi-systemic inflammatory granulomatous disease affecting both the central and peripheral nervous systems, is rarely associated with CBS. We report a patient with biopsy-confirmed neurosarcoidosis who experienced visual hallucinations following the development of a right seventh-nerve palsy, right facial paresthesia, and bilateral progressive visual loss. This case highlights the importance of recognizing that the CBS can occur in visual loss of any etiology.
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spelling pubmed-38419622013-12-11 Visual Hallucinations (Charles Bonnet Syndrome) Associated with Neurosarcoidosis Zhang, Jason Waisbren, Emily Hashemi, Nafiseh Lee, Andrew G. Middle East Afr J Ophthalmol Case Report The Charles Bonnet syndrome (CBS) refers to lucid and complex visual hallucinations in cognitively normal patients with acquired vision loss. It can be associated with any type of vision loss including that related to macular degeneration, corneal disease, diabetic retinopathy, and occipital infarct. Neurosarcoidosis, a multi-systemic inflammatory granulomatous disease affecting both the central and peripheral nervous systems, is rarely associated with CBS. We report a patient with biopsy-confirmed neurosarcoidosis who experienced visual hallucinations following the development of a right seventh-nerve palsy, right facial paresthesia, and bilateral progressive visual loss. This case highlights the importance of recognizing that the CBS can occur in visual loss of any etiology. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013 /pmc/articles/PMC3841962/ /pubmed/24339694 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-9233.119997 Text en Copyright: © Middle East African Journal of Ophthalmology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Hashemi, Nafiseh
Lee, Andrew G.
Visual Hallucinations (Charles Bonnet Syndrome) Associated with Neurosarcoidosis
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title_fullStr Visual Hallucinations (Charles Bonnet Syndrome) Associated with Neurosarcoidosis
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title_short Visual Hallucinations (Charles Bonnet Syndrome) Associated with Neurosarcoidosis
title_sort visual hallucinations (charles bonnet syndrome) associated with neurosarcoidosis
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3841962/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24339694
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-9233.119997
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